Ask us your questions about recycling on the Green Living Tour 2012

Published on 17 July 2012

The Vale of Glamorgan Council’s waste management and cleansing team have begun their 11-day Green Living Tour with a visit to Barry.

The tour encourages Vale residents to come out to meet the waste management team, find out more about what they can do to make a difference environmentally and it’s also a great chance to ask all those niggling queries.

Cabinet Member for Housing and Visible Services Councillor Rob Curtis, two members of the Colcot Residents’ Association and a representative from the council’s housing team joined the recycling crew on Friday 6 July in Colcot, as the Green Living Tour got underway.

Councillor Curtis said: “While residents can telephone in, email or tweet their queries at any time, it’s always good for people to meet the team in the local community to find out more about our service. On a lot of dates, as well as importantly learning more about reducing, reusing and recycling waste, residents can quiz our housing officers whilst there.

“As an extra incentive we’re offering one hundred of our latest blue co-mingled recycling bags (usually £1 each), to the first 100 residents who visit our recycling trailer on each date and challenge the team with their queries."

Typically residents ask about the type of items that may be added to kitchen waste, garden waste and co-mingled collections, what happens to their recycling once it is collected by council crews and how to make sure everyone does their bit, reducing the use of black bags.

Recycling officer Michelle Fitzpatrick said: "Reducing black bag waste sent to landfill is something lots of residents are passionate about. That said, we would love to meet people who don’t currently recycle and help them begin doing so. If they are not able to come to any of the dates on our tour, residents can always contact us and we would be delighted to help them to get started.

“We are keen to explain how easy greener living is, with just a small amount of effort. After all, it is how we deal with the same waste we all create, but using a different container to black bags.”

The remaining dates on the Green Living Tour are:

For more information on greener living please telephone 01446 700111, email: visible@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk or visit valeofglamorgan.gov.uk/recycle. To find out more either follow the council on Twitter: @VOGCouncil or via Facebook: Vale of Glamorgan Life.